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Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-12
WISCONSIN.

AT La crosse scheme is on foot to organ
lie stock company with capital of $780,
600 to purchase grounds for permanent
agricultural and stock show and hold the
first fair next year.
The Exchange Bank of Meaford made an
assignment a few days ago. The deposits
were between $4,000 and $4,000, and
all the school trustees, county and town
treasurers, and farmers and business men
In the district were interested
Thomas Scott. sheriff of Door COUNTY.
died recently of cancer of the stomach
Hon, Arson Rogers, ex-mayor of James
vile, died few days ago after a long ILL
ness.
The State Board of Supervision has an
pointed W. j. Poets, of Madison. chief en-
gineer at the State prison.
There are one hundred and forty free high
schools in the State
A new Baptist church was recently dedi-
Gated at Chippewa Falls.
Mrs. Agnes Beebe, a philanthropist and
Christian lady of Benton, aged seventy-flve
years, died suddenly the other NOR ming of
heart-disease.
The six year-old son of Herman Bark-
holtz, OF the town of Sumner, got hold Of
OF his fathers shotgun few days ago,
pointed the weapon at his three-year-o
brother and discharged it, killing the lad
Amabble Vieau, the old Indian trader and
companion Of Solomon Juneau, founder of
Milwaukee, Wis, died the other day at Mus
kego.
The members OF the Northwestern Inter-
state Medical Association, in session recent
" at Eau Claire, changed the society's name
to Northwestern Medical and Surgical Asso
citation
Mrs Pelinot, wife of a wealthy farmer re-
siding in Robinsonville, was stricken with
apoplexy in Green Bay few days ago and
died in short time after She was fifty
one years of age and leaves ten children
At the recent sale Of State lands thirteen
Thousand acres were disposed of, at an ay-
erage OF seven dollars per acre
Philip L Spooner, noted lawyer, father
Of United States Senator John G. Spooner.
died at Madison few days ago, aged seven
ty-seven years
Spoon DEBORAH. chief of the Wisconsin
river Winnebago Indians, died at Necedah
recently. aged eighty-five years
Governor Rusk has named Thursday. No
vember24, as Thanksgiving Day
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

II has been proved beyond doubt that
ihe steamer Sir John Lawrence was lost
in the recent cyclone off the coast of Cal
cutta. The steamer carried 100 passen-
gers, and it is believed the whole number
were lost.
MRS. JAMES NELSON, a sister of the
late Horace Greeley, is very low at New
brunswick, N. j. She is 70 years old.
WALL STREET had great surprise on
the 9th when the news of the issue of Sl0,-
000,0 900 now stock by the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul Railway Company was
made known.
A FREIGHT TRAIN on the Little Rock,
Mississippi River and Texas railroad was
wrecked near Pine Bluff, Ark, on the 9th,
ourteen cars Of promiscuous freight being
smashed.
AT Oberlin o., on the 9th, during a
thunder storm which swept over the north
ern pnrt Of the State, much damage was
done by cloud-burSt or water-spout.
Two MEN named Russell and Hartsille
quarrelled in Athens, Ala, on the 9th.
One shot and fatally wounded the other.
Both We're drunk,
o. p. MCMAINs, the anti-grant agitator, is
traversing the northern portion of the coun
try urging the settlers on the Maxwell land
| grant to arm themselves and resist all at
tempts of the grant company to enforce
their claims to the laud. McMains has
many followers who are ready to do his
bidding, and the company will meet a
| strong resistance when they commence
their ejectment suits,
A TEXAS and Pacific express train was
robbed by four masked men, near Fort
Worth, Texas, on the 4th. Three regis
tered letters were taken from the mai
ear and $500 from the express car ThC
passengers were unmolestvd.
ONE death and two new cases of yellow
fever were reported at Key West, Fla, OF
the 9th. The board of health has declared
the fever epidemic.
Rev. DIR. REID, who left Manson, Iowa
to become missionary in Central Africa
has been killed and eaten by tribe O
cannibals.
Ex-VIcE-PREsIDENT WHEELER died a
Malone, N. Y, on the 4th.
SEVEN men were instantly killed and sil
badly injured by premature explosion 0
dynamite at Birmingham, Pa, on the 4th
The open war made on gambling in Ho
Springs has had the effect to drive man,
OF the sporting element Of that place T.
Little Rock.
A NATIONAL convention of the Knight
Of Labor Machinery Constructors wer
held in Pittsburg on the 7th. The eonven
ton was called for the purpose Of complet
ing the organization of a National Trad
Assembly Of Machinery Constructors.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11
ANOTHER TRAIN ROBBERY.

Mail and Express Train on the Texas 3
Pacific Railroad Held Up Near Fort
Worth and Despoiled of Its Treasure-A
Cool Set of Villains.
FORTH WORTH, Tex, June 6.-Word
reached here that the Texas a. Pacific
east-bound mail and express had been
stopped by four masked men near Ben.
brook, siding ten miles west of Fort
Worth, and the express car and mail
robbed. A short time afterward the
train came in and T. Marsh,
the express messenger, was inter-
viewed. He says that the train was
stopped suddenly on the trestle over
Brushy Creek, some eight miles west. He
threw open the door TO see what was up
and found four robbers guarding the
engineer and fireman. Advancing to his
car they threw their pistols down on
him, and called out: Sup with your
handsr'
A man who appeared to be the leader,
who was at least six feet tall, jumped
into the car, and said he wanted all the
money he had, every cent of it, Marsh
was making up his run for delivery at
Fort Worth, and told the robber
that he had the drop on HIM
and could take all there was.
The robber started to the safe,
holding a sack in one hand, and with the
other took what he found in the safe and
transferred it to the sack. He demanded
Of the messenger whether that was the
extent of the valuables en- board and
Marsh answered that he had it all. The
mes senger jocularly asked fora cigar, but
N col ha h,l d h i'm
Jumping out of the car. the robber and
his three associates went to the mail car,
in charge of Mail Agent Skies, and the
leader, jumping into the car, ordered
Skies TO give him the registered matter.
Three packages were handed out
After the mail car was through with,
the robbers jumped out, and the four
ordering the engineer and fireman to the
cab told them to go on, and fast, too. The
engineer pulled out and as he did so one
shot was fired by one of the robbers,
probably with a view of frightening the
passengers. No effort was made to modest
any passengers, none Of the coaches be-
ing entered.
AS soon as the train reached Fort
Worth Sheriff Sh was notified, and
started in pursuit with posse of officers.
| When The news spread over the city
there was great excitement, and hundreds
of men offered to join the pursuing party.
A second posse started about ten O'clock.
The express messenger says he has no
idea how much money the robbers got.
1t is impossible to tell what amount the
registered packages contained. The rob-
berry was planned a good deal on the
order of the one near Gordon in January
last The messenger says the robbers
looked like countrymen, but were cool in
their work. There was man found in
the vicinity of the robbery Immediately
after the crime who is thought to be inn
plcated
The train came from Ell Paso and may
have had large sum Of money on board,
but the general opinion is that the
amount was not very large. The United
States authorities were notified aud
went in pursuit before morning
Careful watch is being kept on persons
entering the city on the various country
roads,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11
DYNAMlTE'S WORK.

Seven Men Instantly Killed and Many
More Injured by a Premature Explosion
of Dynamite in a Pennsylvania Stone
Quarry A Fearful Sight.
ALTOONA, Pa, June 5.-Seven men were
instantly killed and six badly injured yes
terday afternoon by premature explo--
sion of dynamite, at the Cambria Iron
Company's stone quarries, at Bjrming-
ham, this county. Some of the injured
will die, Two of them are Italians; all the
others are American.
Reports from the scene of the explosion
are meager. The killed and wounded
were in the act of drilling hole when
the explosion occurred. The accident APP
pears to have been even worse than first
reports indicated
Killcd-C, H. Stewart, John Roof, Ellis
Meyer, E. Hodges, H. Neil, J. Schoenfell,G.
Weisser and an Italian, name not ascer-
tanned here. Only one man of the entire
party survived, named Russell, and he is
badly hurt.
The scene in and around the little town
beggars description. Wives are almost
crazed with grief, running to and fro,
wrInging their hands, weeping for their
husbands, whose mangled remains lay in
a little clubhouse or shanty waiting the
arrival of the coroner.
George Weiser, who was doing the
tamping, was blown high in the air and
fell in hundred pieces. These were
picked up and placed in a sheet, but moth
ing but the head denoted that the re-
mains were those of human being. Two
horses were killed by falling stones, and
several carts were completely covered.
| Altogether, 1t is one Of the most disastrous
| accidents that has occurred in this region
| for many years, and the excitement of
! the people extends from Huntingdon to
/ Altoona, and in Tyrone, but three miles
from the scene Of the disaster, groups Of
/ anxious citzens are gathered on the
! streets, and their sorrowful expressions
/ denote their sympathies for the living
/ friends of the dead men.
Four men were badly injured by mis-
siles, as follows: Thomas w. Hosta, Geo.
/ Hosta, Noc Sarner and George WOpner.
The latter was brought TO Altoona Hos
ptal and is terribly injured. Two of the
others are thought to be fatally hurt All
the men reside at Birmingham and, with
three exceptions, are married and have
families
The wrecked quarry presents fearful
sight There is a basin-lilte opening,
twenty feet in diameter and eight feet
deep which shows the fearfulness Of the
explosion. It is estimated that fifty car
loads Of stone and earth were upheaved.
1t took two hours to unearth the bodies
Of the victims, they being buried down
twenty feet The remains Of George
Weiser were found neatly wrapped in a
blanket; how they came in tins position
nobody can tell The shock was felt for
miles on all sides, and the inhabitants Of
neighboring towns thought for hours
afterwards that an earthquake shock had
passed over that region. The coroner Of
Blair County is now at the scene Of the
accident holding ir uests.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

IT is said that the question OF para
mount Importance in France is not 80
much the attitude Of &c rmany as the CON
dition Of the finances
A TEXAS q PACIFIC train was stopped by
four masked robbers ten miles west OF
Fort Worth, on the 4th, and the mail and
express was rifled, but how much they
secured is not yet known.
GEORGE II. WILSON was found guilty of
murder in the first degree at Philadel-
phia, on the 4th, for the killing Of w AXE.
field Gaines.
TIE jury int he case of Mrs. Mary Vile.
man, on second trial at Little Valley, N.
Y, for the murder Of her husband, re.
turned verdict on the 4th of not guilty.
Mrs. Wileman tainted when she heard
the words that set her free again.
WnITELAw REID, Of the New York
Tribune, who has been Frustrated with
typhoid fever, has passed the critic al pc
riod and IS rapidly convalescing.
OWEN T, REYNOLDS and Owen Williams
were caught in fall of rock in the EN-
pire mine at Wllkesbarre, Pa, on the 4th
and both were killed.
r. PARKS, the we'll known young Boston
actor, is mvsteriously missing, and the
impression prevails that he has commit
ted suicide.
Natural gas has been discovered at En-,
poria, Kan, and a company formed to fur
nish it to the city.
Elk Governor Moses of South Carolina
has been pardoned out of the Massachu
sets penitentlary.
The Government has taken proper steps
to prevent the proposed landing of con
victs at San Francisco.
William A. Wheeler, ex-Vce- Presiden
! of the United States, died at his home il
Malone, N. Y, Saturday morning at tel
| o'clock
GENERAL FERRoN, the new French Min
ister of War; has offered General Bou
LANCER the command of an army corps
The latter has asked for few months
rest.
| Tue large warehouse of j. A. Dean
| Co.. at Richmond, Staten Island, together
with $1,000 bushels of faxseed, wa.
burned on the 4th. Loss, $4,000; par
TALLY insured.
! REV. w. E. STILES, who mysteriously
disappeared from Pittsfield N. j., wa
found at Norway Me-, in a temporarily
demented condition, and has been re
turned to his friends.
GENERAL CARNAHAN has been arrested
at Indianapolis, Ind, on election fraut
charges
LARRY DONOVAN, the young American
adventurer, jumped off London bridge OIL
| the 9Th.
The Government is about to try the ex
pertinent of stocking Salt lake, Utah, witt
shad.
II is intimated from Washington tina
the railroads are quietly taking up a cas-
against the constitutionailty of the Inter
State Commerce law
| THE painter Lenbach was married a
| Breslau on the 4th to the Countess Magda
lena Won Moltke, daughter of the famous
old Field Marshal. The latter was one o
the witnesses, and proposed the health o
the couple at the banquet which followed
DURING the performance Of circus o
the evening of the 4th in the tow
of Neschin, Russia, storm of wind un
rooted the building, causing the walls t
collapse upon the audience of 1000 people
The oil from the lamps ignited and Sc
fire to the ruins. A lsa4ze 9llpber of per
sons were burned or tramplel to deatt
and three hundred others were injured.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

The total number Of cases of yellow
fever at Key West, Fla, up to the Sd, was
thirteen, of which number four had re-
suited fatally. Six were sick and three
convalescent
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

AMONG the many celebrities present to
witness the race for the grand prize of
Paris on the 9Th was General Boulanger.
He was loudly applauded by the crowd
when he made his appearance, and again
upon his departure.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

THE advance of Russian troops upon
the Afghan frontier has been greatly &C
celebrated within the last few weeks, and
the English authorities in India are
preparing to meet them.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

A PARIS paper asserts that the police
department are keeping from the public
the real extent of loss of life in the Opera
Comique fire.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

EX-VIoE PRESIDENT VIM A. WHEELER
was reported dying at Malone, N. Y, on
the I'd. He was unconscious, and while he
may live several days his death at any
moment would not be unex pected.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

TIE final estimate of victims of the
burned Paris Opera Comique places the
number at 130, including the remains of
forty persons found in the ruins so badly
burned as to be.unrecognizable.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

CONFLICTS have occurred at Bodyke,
Ireland, over the renewal of evictions of
certain tenants. Serious troubles are ap-
pretended
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

A NUMBER Of New York hotels disre-
garded the Sunday Liquor law on the 9Th,
and tests in court are to be made at once
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

JOHN Brown and Edward Hogan, be-
longing to the Gloucester Mass fishing
schooner Richard Lester, were recently
picked up at sea in a dory and landed at
North Sydney, N. s. after having been
adrift six days without food or water
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

CAPTAIN JACK HUssEY, the hero of Castle
Garden and the owner of twenty medals
for saving men and women from drown
ing, having rescued thirty-four persons
from the water, was shot and mortally
wounded by policeman Edward Hahn, in
New York, on the I'd.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

A THUNDERSTORM on the 4th gre atty
damaged the crops in Southwestern G err
many. Several lives were lost by fresh
cts. The Saar Moselle and other tribu-
taries Of the Rhine rose very rapidly.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

REV. GRANVILLE Moody, the famous
Ohio chaplain known as the fighting
parson," died on the 9Th at Mt Vernon,
Ia, from injuries received in a runaway
accident. He was seventy-sIx years old.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

RUSSIA is negotiating with the Roths-
childs to refund part of the public debt
at lower rate Of interest.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

HANLAN, the oarsman, announces that
on his return to Canada he will challenge
Gaudaur to row the recent race over
again, on the same course, under exactly
similar conditions. The defeated cham
pion expresses himself certain that he
can outrow Gaudaur.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

THE Lieutenant-G General of the army has
fixed upon September 10 next as the date
for the beginning of the annual rife com
petition between distinguished marks
men Of the army The match viii take
place at Bellevue Rifle range, near ON aha
Neb
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

A cLoUDBURsT did great damage in
Oberlin, o., on the 5th.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

AT the close of the week ended the 4th
the Detroits still hel6 the lead in the
League base ball cham ionship series,
with Boston a good secoml and Chicago
advanced to fourth. In the American As
sociation the St. Louis Browns remain on
top, with no other team within gunshot OF
them. They did not lose a game during
the week.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

THE health of the Crown Prince Fred
'erick William of Germany is rapidly i'm
proving. The foreign growth, which has
affected his throat, is much smaller than
it was prlor to the operation performed
by DIR. Mackenzie, and does not in any
way interfere with his breathing
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

editor of the SesbOte, at Milwaukee, Wis,
has accepted the position of editor of the
German humorous paper Puck, in New
York, for which he has been working as
a contributor DIR. Knotzer is one of the
ablest editors of the Wisconsin press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

SIX couples went to Washington from
Richmond, Va, on the I'd, to get married.
The cheapness Of the marriage licenses
attracted them They saved enough by
purchasing licenses in Washington to pay
their expenses from Richmond, thus Sc
curing the cheapest bridal tour on record.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

THE Treasury Department has decided
that importations of wool can only be
subjected to duty as secured wool upon
evidence that it has been cleaned by
chemical or mechanical process. In the
absence of such evidence, no matter how
clean the wool may be, it is entitled to
entry as washed.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

r. A. upper, who says he is aSunday-
school superintendent in Fairfield, Ia,
complained to the New Y ork police on the
9d that he had been robbed of $500, but
subsequently confessed that he went to
New York intending to buy counterfeit
money The swiWllers robbed him by
placing his satcheI with another in a
saloon
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11

The gradual substitution of electric
light for gas, and the adoption of better
mechanical methods and the more judi
cious purchase of coal for the public
buildings throughout the country have re-
suited in a saving of about $500 under
the appropriation for fuel, light and water
for the current fiscal year
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-11
IN BRIEF,

Compiled from VariSas ssureAs.
The Washington critic., 1887-06-24
Tenn, tations to Army Onicers.

Says the Washington correspondent OF the
Baltimore Sun this morning: 1t is not con.
sidered strange that under the present army
pay system there should be frequent dupl-
cations ofpay accounts. An officer finds
himself in need Of ready money. He can
not borrow 1t on the instant from his
friends. He has received numerous circulars
actually Offering to buy duplicated pay
accounts. The temptation is often too
strong TO Withstand. One Of these circulars,
just received at headquarters from an army
Ollicer reads: sand us We desire to con-
form as near as may be to the regulations 10
regard to the hehypothecation of accounts, we
would suggest to our patrons that 1t would
he agreeable to us for them to draw the pay
themselves as soon as possible, II 1t Is con
vCnient so to do, and then remit to US, and
then we can return the account to them;
and we will, when requested so to do, hold
an account I'LL we hear from them AMI ar
range as to payment" This circular makes
the offer to furnish money on duplicated
pay accounts at 2 per cent a month. In
other words, 1t encourages the officer to
commit crime, and exacts twenty-fOur cents
year on every dollar advanced to prevent
exposure and disgrace.
The Washington critic., 1887-06-24
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

The new directory OF the city OF Brook
lyn contains ls2 900 names.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, England, has
conferred an honorary degree upon Pro-
fessor Asa Gray, the botanist OF Harvard
College.
RUSSELL SAGE contradicts the stories
about Jay Gould's bad health. He was with
him Monday and says he never saw him 10
better condition.
II Is no wonder the little children In
Rowan County, Ky, haven't slept any for
the last two years. See the Posr picture OF
Craig Tolliver, the Kentucky ogre.
THE PRINCESS or WALES IL this year, for
the first time an exhibitor at the Royal So
ciety of Painters In Water Cnlors She
sends dainty picture OF Windsor, seen
from the river.
WILLIAM X. NASDERBrLT's yacht Alva
will leave New York July 2 for an eight
months trip around the world. MIR. Van
derbllt will De accompanied by his family
aud few personal friends.
c. d. O'KELLY OF San Frarclsco, n Mex
lean veteran, so years Of age, was a com
raGe-in-arms OF Sam Houston and Davy
Crockett, and carried the news Of the fall OF
the Alamo to New Orleans.
KiSG lluMnERr Of T'aly goes to bed late,
gets up early. and is The hardest worked
monarch 10 Europe, Sslgom retiring be-
fore midnight, be never falls to be out of
bad AZ 6, aud by may be consulted on pub
lie Aflairs.
a MOVEMENT Is ou foot to have the Ma.
tioral COlcred Exposition held at Atlanta.
1t is thought that Congress will make II
liberal appropriation to the enterprise, and
10 That case the Exposition will Upeu Ia
November, 1888.
"CoNDucToR," said passenger on a
Southern railroad, "my hat has blown out OF
the window" "ilow long ago2' "About
ten minutes "Well," said the conductor,
pulling the rope, "l'll back up for 1t, but
us lucky for you-you spoke in time."-
New York Sun.